The MafiaScum Minecraft Thread - Summer 2024 NEW SERVER!

Claus · Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:48 am

You're lagging (or the server is lagging). If you destroy a block and it does not pop out, wait a second for the server and your client re-syncronize.

Claus · Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:32 am

My friend made me this

Claus · Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:33 am

Give us your account name so that you can play on the server as well!

Claus · Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:55 am

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki

Start here. Read the "crafting recipes" page, and any other you feel like

This is good too.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutor ... %27s_guide

Claus · Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:46 am

The server is up, but you need to wait for UA to whitelist you (shouldn't take long)

Claus · Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:03 pm

To be honest, there is not a lot of expectation of privacy near the spawn area. If you give about 10 or 20 blocks distance, I don´t think anyone will complain if you build near the spawn. If you go to more secluded areas you might want to find your own spot

The rules is basically common sense - don´t take things from other people, don´t break other people´s buildings, and that is about it.

Oh, and don´t leave floating trees around, please!

Claus · Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:05 pm

DonJosh wrote:The server looks awesome. I was on earlier. That big building with the two domes by the spawn is cool. Who built that?

Oh, I built that one, thanks! It was supposed to be the central for the rail lines, but we only have like 5 or 6 stations.

You guys write the coordinates to your houses in the thread, so we can add them to the billboard!

Claus · Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:41 am

UltimaAvalon wrote:I fuckin love floating trees wtf

You mean, chopping the bottom of the tree, and leaving some floating logs? C´mon REALLY? O.o

Claus · Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:54 am

Rhinox wrote:
Spawn point seems to be a pit. Is it supposed to be like that?

>_> errrr.... It has been like that for a while. Since the area within ~30 blocks of spawn can only be modified by mods. Someone has to go and use their modly powers to fix that blight.....

I'll around to it this weekend. Promise. For reals...

I think it won't matter once I build a house and sleep in a bed though right?

You should wake up on a bed after you slept in one once. It doesn't matter that you didn't craft the bed. The fact that you are still spawning at the original spawn point is... strange.

Also, we have the /home and /sethome commands set for all players. If you use "/sethome" it will set a personal teleport point in your current location. If you use /home you will teleport to that point.

OK, so when I leave the pit first place a find is a small room with some water in it, and a bed, and a craft table, furnace, and some storage chests? I think it also has a glass green house with some sugar growing? Just wondering if this was someones house and who it belonged to.

That's is somebodies home, I just don't remember whose. I don't think anyone will have a problem with you sleeping in their beds, just don't take their stuff, and fix anything that creepers break (or ask here for someone to fix it). If you want, on the other side of the bay near the spawn (near the domed home), there is a wooden home with a tall wooden tower - that is the public housing.

Next day I wandered around and found the spawn guest house. After I left it I lost it... and I'm not sure how to actually get there from the spawn point

Lol, it is on the other side of the bay. Just follow the tall wooden tower.

I think the plan for this evening is I'm going to spawn in, stay around the spawn point trying to gather resources for the basics, then pick a direction and head that way for X days travel until I find a neat place to call home. Oh, and if I'm feeling pretty good with how things are going, I might build a spawn point gazeebo or something nicer to spawn in than a pit, unless you guys have the pit to spawn in for a reason?

No reason, but you need mod powers to alter the spawn point (maybe that is the reason no one has changed it until now

)

Oh last question, how do I change the appearance of my character from the default?

You can upload image files for your profile in the minecraft.net website. I think there is a "profile" page there for you to do that. Also, there are some programs in the wiki that help you with the editing of the image file.

Claus · Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:45 am

Well, we could change it like a museum -- keep the pit as it is, maybe in a glass case, and build a small building around it

Claus · Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:39 pm

Rhinox wrote:
Heh cool. I almost got it blown up by a creeper though You've now got a pit in the sand a few blocks outside your door

PROTIP: If a creeper explodes while in water, it wont damage any blocks (it will still hurt you a bit, though).

If you have a creeper following you, run to the ocean!

Claus · Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:34 am

Not Bad at all. The shape is really nice. Suggestion: Don't do it all in cobble. Mix some materials (cobble, smooth stone, Wood)

Claus · Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:35 am

UltimaAvalon wrote:Get a ceiling. Spiders climb walls

They climb walls, but they don't climb ledges. His walls and towers have ledges, so they should be safe.

Claus · Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:33 pm

Just remember the world got reset on page 22

Claus · Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:47 am

We need to play spleef!

And glad to know Alex looks good from Eek's side! (you guys really don't know him?

I need to finish the rest of that mob tower.

Claus · Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:04 pm

The first picture was MME's attempt at the "tree spirit" challenge. Mine's is somewhere nearby. MME explored a bunch of the caves in that area.

Claus · Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:52 pm

Someone got creepered in the road from the MSTA to the mob tower.

Guys, it can happen to anyone, no big deal, but could you please post here if you get creepered near buildings? It makes fixing it easier.

Claus · Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:02 am

The new bridge looks nice, MME!

Claus · Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:58 am

Yay, more people

Me and MME have built the nether railroad between spawn and UT´s house! Enjoy! (gold donations always appreciated!)

Claus · Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:38 pm

Recently, I have noticed that mobs seem to be less common. Someone in Reddit seems to have found a possible explanation.

Nothing we can do about it ATM, but food for thought.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comme ... nd_theory/

Claus · Sun Aug 21, 2011 6:42 pm

Hey Rhinox!

I will extend the Mafia Scum Rail Service to your castle (eventually). If you could tell me where you would like the station, that would be awesome

Claus · Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:01 pm

Hey Guys!

I have made some maps of our server. These are just maps of the areas I have explored tonight. If your construction is not on the map, let me know the coordinates and I´ll go there!

http://claus.castelodelego.org/minecraft/MS.png -- 2D map
http://claus.castelodelego.org/minecraft/MS3.png -- 3D map, 5MB! please be gentle to my server, don´t hotlink this. Also, this map is chopped to save a bit on bandwidth, so landmasses may be closer than they actually are.

Have fun!

Claus · Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:04 am

UltimaAvalon wrote:I totally can't find Brandi's Sanctuary on that map. This amuses me.

Is the sanctuary there, but not visible? Or is the sanctuary not even there? I'm using a mod that "records" maps from multi-player servers, so if I didn't get close to the sanctuary, it could simply not show up.

Rhinox wrote:I love the maps! The MSTA kinda looks like crop circles

That was the idea when I started building it.

Anyone know how to make a still water moat?

Source blocks that are surrounded on all four sides by solid blocks or source water blocks will not form currents. An empty block surrounded on two sides by source water blocks will become a source water blocks.

What this means is that you want to make a "infinite water supply" as a 2x2 water puddle, 1 deep, somewhere near the moat:

XX
XX

If you take a bucket of water from any of those blocks, it will be instantly refilled. Use this to fill your moat with source blocks in every square. Just make sure your moat is 1 deep when you fill it, and there will be no currents. After the moat is filled, you can dig deeper.

That is the gist of it, there are other ways to make a currentless moat, but I think this is the simplest.

Claus · Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:51 am

Oman, are you still playing? The server is awesome(r) now

Claus · Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:39 am

Yeah, I used the nether highways to get to Slaxx's and UT's.

The map would be awesome but, it is minecraft. It is not fun if you don't do it yourself

Claus · Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:01 pm

Hey kids, It is time for

MINECRAFT CONTEST!

Rules:

There are 5 16x16 areas near the mob tower, surrounded by gravel. (around x= 375, z=106)
Announce in the thread you want to compete. Then you claim one of these areas (with a sign), and try to build the bestest house within it
If more than 5 people want to compete, I will build extra areas nearby
Restrictions: Buildings Cannot be higher than the Mob Tower. They cannot go outside of their 16x16 area, except a small connection to the nearby road.
You have until Wednesday next week (23:59 GMT) to build your house. (one weekend and a few more days)
After that, anyone who has ever posted to this thread can PM me THREE ORDERED VOTES for the winners. Voting will happen until Sunday next week (4th)
PRIZES: These are the prizes: A stack of cobwebs, a stack of sponges, a stack of ice, a stack of diamond ore. First place picks one first, second place picks next, third place picks last.
Finally, the first place also gets a set of chain mail.

Good luck all!

Claus · Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:04 pm

Rhinox wrote:heh... I'd /in, but the only building material I have in enough abundance is dirt

Don´t be shy!

There is plenty of wood nearby! The more the merrier!

Claus · Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:03 pm

Contest update!

Drench, UT/IUT, MME started building their houses

Lovely work so far! Make sure you participate too!

Claus · Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:52 am

I don´t think it would be cheating at all. Having an idea and implementing that idea are two completely different things.

Claus · Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:33 am

Lol, I will try to build some fences in the area to limit their movement.

Claus · Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:39 am

Mute wrote:So were there any big changes I should know of since the last time I logged into the server?

When did you last log in? There was some intense building between july and august.

Claus · Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:41 am

I think it would be only fair.

Claus · Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:23 pm

Okay guys, with the server back online, I will take pictures of the contest entrees tomorrow night, in about 24 hours from this post. Then everyone can look at the pictures (or at the homes online) and send me their votes through the weekend.

Cheers!

Claus · Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:10 pm

Rhinox wrote:
I don't know how far I made it, but the last thing I expected to see down there were 2 creepers right on the tracks and me not knowing how to stop a minecart.......................

That was.... unexpected.

I thought the cart was fast enough (and the areas around it were lit enough), that mobs spawning in the area wouldn´t have enough time to climb the tracks. Seems I was wrong.

I´ll fix the tracks in the weekend, and add some fences to the cave openings.

Thanks for letting us know!

Claus · Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:59 am

Claus · Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:55 pm

So, after a HUGE voting turnout (2 votes

), and many participations (3 entries), here are the results:
1st place: UT/IUT
2nd place: MME
3rd place: Rhinox

Congratulations! And

thanks

for participating! Send me a PM with your prize requests, and I will leave them in a chest in your main houses!

Claus · Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:17 am

How am I supposed to know it is a holiday if you guys don't tell me? It is not like I didn't say two weeks in advance what where the plans were for the voting period >_>

UT is right, I'll give it a second try after 1.8.

Claus · Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:21 am

I like your nether portal design!

Claus · Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:03 pm

DonJosh -- Notch has released an ¨official¨ (pre-release) version of 1.8. He doesn´t care about the leaking that much.

Converting the world from 1.7 to 1.8 will not be that bad. The limit between the old and new chunks will have some annoying weird walls, but some people may find them ¨alluring¨.

Villages are funny. Abandoned mineshafts are really alluring - long, reveal a lot of minerals. I heard some amazing things about abandoned underground fortresses (libraries! and more!) but haven´t found one yet myself. Endermen are cute. Running is okay. New blocks YAY YAY!

That said, it has a few game stopping bugs:
- Nether with tree leaves seem to crash the game (I have not verified it myself)
- furnaces turning on or off crash the game. I have tried dozens of different video settings, but it is consistent (changing the video setting also crashes the game). I´d wait for the ¨official¨ 1.8 before converting the server.

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:25 am

MME, I heard you like bays:

There is an ocean on the other side of those two spires - I just have to build the channel.

Also, I found a mod the fixes the furnace problem. Although jeb´s tweet says that they are currently fixing the pre-18 release, and then will release the official 18.

Cheers!

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:06 am

Exploring abandoned mineshafts can be scary. So many corners for skeletons and creepers to hide! Worse yet (or better yet) is when a long mineshaft ends in a underground ravina full of lava at the bottom!

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:46 am

UA > Strange, I haven't had memory issues yet. But Jeb has posted a list of things he has already fixed, and memory leaks are among them.

On other news, after 1.8 is properly released and we update our server, UA might consider using this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comme ... on_171819/

A tool to smooth out the crazy edges that appear between versions.

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:06 am

There is still a lot of speculation out there.

In post 1430, Rhinox wrote:Also, apparently they're like dungeons in that the seed determines where they spawn and is the same for every new world created with the same seed.

I have seen at least one thread in reddit where this was shown to be false (two worlds generated with the same seed, where one had a stronghold in a given location, and the other hadn´t). I guess we need to wait and see.

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:01 pm

No the issue with sea levels is native to 1.7/1.8 (1.8 sea level is one below 1.7 or something like that). The guy who made the ¨best of both worlds¨ is trying to find a workaround.

Claus · Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:34 pm

Stop whining

We were just talking about a tool that smooths out the hard edges, if you were following the links.

Claus · Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:17 am

Man, you are unlucky with seeds. Try the seed I'm playing with: "Vlachia"

You will spawn near two spires between a small sea an an inland lake, a large plain to the south and some amazing mountains to the south. In one of the mountains there is a giant lava fall coupled with a giant waterfall.

Claus · Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:59 am

In post 1446, Rhinox wrote:
P.S. I tried the seed: mountainclimber last night, hoping to get some mountains

Man, every seed seems awesome with the new biome code.

Also I've notived that friendly mobs are very abundant, but rumor has it they spawn once per chunk, don't despawn, and don't respawn after you kill them.

Can you link to that discussion? I would love some serious SCIENCE about the rules of mob generation in 1.8. Some things that I know:
* Hostile mobs do respawn. Friendly mobs SEEM to respawn, but I'm not sure.
* Once I sheared a sheep, went far away enough for the block to unload from the memory, returned after a few minecraft days, and when I returned the sheep was still there, sheared
* I haven't seen a sheep spawn in my city in days.

One last thing - I've read its possible to delete old chunks in established worlds so that they can be regenerated with 1.8 code - possibly we can delete all chunks that haven't been developed in so that we won't have to go as far to find the 1.8 good stuff?

I think we could "crop" the existing world to the smallest developed areas - but we can't simply erase all of the undeveloped areas, else we would have big gaping holes in the world. If UA is busy I wouldn't mind doing the work, I think I'll have some free time in the weekend. I would even try my hand at that "smoothing" tool they published in Reddit.

Even if we completely abandon the old biomes for the new ones (I don't think I would do that -- would probably start building more in the tundra, though) -- I think it is nice to keep the old buildings around for archiving purposes.

Claus · Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:01 am

Oh, and BTW

This is amazing.

Claus · Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:23 pm

In post 1450, UltimaAvalon wrote:
In post 1448, Claus wrote:
Rhinox wrote:One last thing - I've read its possible to delete old chunks in established worlds so that they can be regenerated with 1.8 code - possibly we can delete all chunks that haven't been developed in so that we won't have to go as far to find the 1.8 good stuff?
I think we could "crop" the existing world to the smallest developed areas - but we can't simply erase all of the undeveloped areas, else we would have big gaping holes in the world

I'm not even sure how I'd go about doing that. I mean, I have a nice map and everything, but it's not entirely clear (to me) what goes where.

Basically we would need to do this:

0- Make a copy of the save directory.
1- Open this copy in a MC world edit program, and delete the areas we don´t want anymore.
2- Use the program that calculate the borders to calculate the borders of the old world
3- Visit these borders to generate 1.8 chunks there
4- Use the smoothing program to smooth the borders.
5- put the edited save back where the original one was.

Because of 2, you´d better send me the save (or a link to the save) before anyone goes a-exploring too much, so the borders can be calculated correctly (if we are going to do this, of course)

Claus · Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:22 pm

So...

1.9 has mushroom cows

And if you milk the mushroom cows with a wooden plate, you get mushroom stew.

Whatever it is that Notch is smoking, I want some!

Claus · Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:48 pm

Well, Stone brick does not require more stone than regular smooth stone (4 smooth stone produce 4 stone bricks). And Clay is not rare anymore past 1.8. But these things won't be noticed by people who don't play minecraft, so other than that the poster is pretty awesome.

Maybe you could have some simple buildings in your background?

Claus · Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:31 am

Oh man! Animal breeding in 1.9pre2 is so fun!

Claus · Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:46 am

Well, it seems they are preparing everything for the 1.0 release november 18th. I think the biggest changes have already been added, it should be safe for you to resume playing now

Claus · Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:48 am

I´d say that the previous results are still valid. I remember asking winners to PM me their desired prizes, but got no replies. We probably should make another contest after the releases stabilize a bit.

Claus · Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:54 pm

So I connected a bit to the MS server... it is nice to see bone´s house so near the spawn! But eek... what happened to your place??????

Claus · Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:52 am

I like that Skin!

Claus · Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:27 am

MME Wonderful!

UT: Well, you can always use the slime finder to find slime chunks, and build a slime room around there... I managed to find a few that way.

Anyway... notch was thinking about making the default moon round. That cannot be! The square sun/moon is one of the most charming things in Minecraft!

He set up a pool for players to leave their opinions:

http://t.co/3qu7tBXs

(popup ad warning)

Claus · Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:09 am

Slimes only spawn in certain chunks. The slime finder is a tool that, given the world seed and a set of coordinates, tell you which chunks will spawn slimes. So you just build a large, lit room under Y = 20 in these chunks, and eventually slimes will spawn there. It still takes a while, I suggest building a waiting room nearby, and trying to find 2-3 slime chunks near each other. Remember that no mob will spawn closer than 24 blocks from you.

I don't have the link with me right now, but if you google "minecraft slime finder" you should find it.

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Minecraft 1.9 pre4!!!

http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comme ... changelog/

I'm most excited about the enchantments. I was a bit skeptical about the experience, but this system of using the experience to power up breakable tools is great. The variety of enchantments is also really nice. Check out the "axe of silk touch" (when mining a block, gives you that exact block back -- glowstone, webs, redstone/lapis/diamond ore yay!)

Claus · Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:07 am

Heh, sorry, I have been having too much fun with the newest ssp version

When SMP catches up I'll be online more

Enchantments, wheee! (almost finishing my wizard tower)

Claus · Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:52 am

Awesome! BTW, did you guys know that we can do now half blocks and stairs out of bricks?

MME, how do you slide tracks away with pistons? I thought that tracks poped out when pushed/pulled.

Claus · Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:14 am

In post 1575, Andrius wrote:I just discovered this game today and it looks like alot of fun.

Not like the 63 pages to this thread don't speak for itself, but its it easy to just pick up and play? So if I got it and jumped in with you guys I wouldn't be just eons behind? :/

Check the Minecraft wiki for basic recipes and hints. There is not a lot of "leveling up" or "equipment tiers" to climb, so in terms of power, you will be just in the same feet as everyone else.

Of course, how fast you learn to build cool structures depends entirely on your imagination

or maybe you are one of those exploring types! Feel free to ask questions in the thread.

Also, we will need your username for whitelisting in the thread.

Claus · Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:53 am

You can't play local? If you need old binaries, I can send them to you (or you could use MCNostalgia)

Claus · Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:03 am

The number in the first post is outdated. ISO UA and look for a newer IP.

Claus · Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:00 am

- Release will be on the 18th.
- Release candidate 2 is out
- Release does not require a world reset - there may be a few more weird borders though.

Claus · Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:33 am

I'm also willing to contribute or, if UA is not willing to keep doing this, start a new MS server.

Claus · Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:42 am

In post 1607, My Milked Eek wrote:
EDIT:
Also, I have a server of my own that I use to experiment and mess about. It only has 6 slots, but if UA doesn't want to bother anymore we could use mine. I never saw more than 1 other player on the ms.net server so normally it would suffice. And if we have a recent backup I'll upload it to that server. Thoughts?

Is your server in your home computer, or hosted somewhere? Well, I think with the rapid pre-release cycle, some people are opting to stay out of the servers until the release (I know I am). I think we are going to see an increased number of players after the 18th, so maybe it would be best to go with a hosted solution.

I'm indifferent to start a new world or keeping the old one. If UA has backups, we can put that to a vote.

Claus · Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:22 am

If people want to discuss favorite seeds, someone in reddit did a large list of 1.9 maps with different seeds:

http://imgur.com/a/0XJi7

My favorite is the seed "numbat": http://i.imgur.com/mYH96.jpg
It has all sorts of biomes nearby, including a large ice biome, a large mushroom island (black), and a good-sized, but not exaggerated, ocean. Remember that the exact spawn point can be easily edited in the save file.

EDIT: Don't check the image if you are an explorer who doesn not want to be spoiled

Claus · Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:59 am

In post 1621, Rhinox wrote:About the only preference I have for spawn is I really like the harbor town spawn we had. It would be nice to have water/boat access to spawnville. numbat looks just fine but might not be fair if you know where all the dungeons and strongholds are already

Well, there is no information about dungeons and strongholds in the map, so no problem in that front

Claus · Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:23 pm

http://www.creepscomic.com/?p=112 -- Relevant

Claus · Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:59 pm

end of stream: internet problem. The server timed out, or your internet blew up
Invalid server key: just try again, this tends to fix itself

The whitelist issues should be solved with a restard (although veritgo did get in without a restart... hmmmm)

Claus · Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:02 pm

I saved implosion

sorry for the delay

Claus · Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:44 pm

Some info about the new world

There is a welcome area in the spawn point. Right now it is just pretty, but not terribly useful.

Follow the stone road from the spawn point, and you will see the NPC village where we are building. If you want to be near everyone else, pick a place and start building

Or just go anywhere else and build.

If you build in the NPC village, we are making a series of underground tunnels connecting everyone´s houses around depth 45.6. Make sure to connect your house to the tunnel network, so you can use it as a escape route in case a creeper decides to park in front of your door!

Claus · Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:23 am

RayFrost and JMJ added to the whitelist

Claus · Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:47 pm

In post 1673, Chevre wrote:I don't know. I played for like an hour and I just couldn't get a good start. Like everyone else is so much farther that I don't know what to do.

Dog bowels

There is a lot to be done yet!

This is minecraft, anything ¨far¨ that people can get (diamonds, nether stuff, etc) can be gotten by anyone from scratch in 2-3 hours with not much problem. On the other hand, no one has yet built anything like the cool looking buildings we had on the previous server (the MME castle, the birdcage, etc, etc).

A few things that have not been done yet:
- nice roads for our city
- Mob farms
- castles and walls
- beacon towers
- Snow buildings

etc, etc.

Feel free to chat me up if you want more precise ideas of ¨things to do¨.

Claus · Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:29 pm

Just used Rhinox Tunnel: It is awesome! Also, T-bone made a stairway from the spawn mountains to the town, for those who are too claustrophobic to use the tunnel. It is a nice place to snipe monsters

We are now trying to fix the gravel roads in the NPC town -- if anyone has spare gravel, it would be most welcome!

Claus · Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:06 am

DH -- We need an spleef Arena!

If MME does not do it before me, I will white list these when I get back from work (about 8 hours from now):
- RayLfrost
- mac_beth777
- drench
- ahallucinogenic

Let me know if I'm forgetting anyone.

Cheers,

Claus · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:59 am

We can't make it perfectly safe, unless we circle it with fences/walls and light everything inside, but we can improve the safety rate. Also, even if we don't have enough glowstone, we can spam torches as a temporary solution.

Claus · Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:02 am

Also, if we add walls, don't worry about making them big enough for future houses. Medieval towns had circle of walls that were built as the town grew. Having "inner" and "outer" walls as people are added to the town would be fun

Hmmmm, I volunteer for the initial walling effort, I'm inspired now

Claus · Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:09 pm

In post 1716, My Milked Eek wrote:
Wouldn't that screw up the winter biomes though?

Do we have a snow biome already?
Haven't been following up on the server as much as I would like to.
But I could select non-snow biome chunks. A tad more work, but doable.

P.Edit
And yes, ice regenerates.

Seems to be fine. Seed number is correct. Also, ice regenerates, so even if we already have the snow biome discovered (it is not that far from spawn), any thawn ice will recover pretty quickly.

Adding people in the whitelist above nao.

Claus · Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:48 am

The ice is going away. It just needs some time, because either me or MME needs to mess with MCedit to clear the ice without screwing the world save

Expect the ice to be gone today or tomorrow.

Claus · Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:34 am

Yay, great!

Claus · Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:00 pm

Hey guys, I have made a very basic webpage for our server:

http://claus.castelodelego.org/minecraft

Right now, the only really interesting thing is the server map, but I hope to add some statistics as well in the future.

Cheers!

Claus · Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:29 am

Checking on the town earlier today, I noticed that there are still a few spots inside the wall that are not properly lighted. Since torches have light level 14, and the maximum level for monster spawning is 8, this means that any square more than 5 blocks of distance of any torch is actually not safe. So lets spam a few more torches around the village, and the monster appearances should be reduced.

Also, make sure to light your roofs (although I think most roofs are lighted up by now.

Claus · Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:46 am

If you wear a pumpkin head, endermen will not bother you.

Claus · Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:57 pm

Demon, if you want to make a farm, how about sharing the one I'm building? I'm worried that TOO many mobs in the village might make things a bit laggy

Just put 4 sheep in each pen and then We'll sort out the colors!

But yeah, wheat works on cows, sheep, pigs and even chicken!

Claus · Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:13 am

Sorry Maruchan, These two days have been crazy.

I have whitelisted:
- Spunkyox (maruchan)
- Scalebane (UntodTripod)

Let me know if you need anyone else whitelisted

============================

DH, if possible, only bring sheep to my barn. I know there are some cows there, but I'm planning to move those somewhere else in the near future (when I have time to finish the barn). My idea is to have 16 pens, one for each color of sheep, so we can accumulate colored wool without using dies.

Maybe we could start another barn for cows and pigs for meat? If so, it would be nice to make the cow/pig barn separate from the sheep barn, so that we don't have all the NPCs loaded at the same time. Although I'm not really sure exactly how much the animals stress the server, we should test it when the sheep barn is full.

Claus · Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:09 pm

In post 1810, Maruchan wrote:No says not Whitelisted.

Weird. I had added you from the console earlier today... it should have worked.

Anyway, I have added you again from inside the game. Unless the name I wrote in the post above has a typo, you should be whitelisted now.

End of stream == internet error, wait 5 min and try again (unless the server is down)
Invalid Server Key == server 1.0.0 bug, wait 1 minute (really) and try again.

The invalid Server Key bug has been fixed in 1.0.1 server (no need to update your client), but I have no idea if our hosting company has already updated the server yet or not. I expect them to update it this week.

I´m going out for the weekend! See you tuesday!

Claus · Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:10 pm

In post 1812, Matias wrote:
I'll work on getting sheep

Also, we need to work on a spleef arena. We'll dig a tunnel to it.

Thanks, that will be awesome! The idea is to have 4 sheep of a color in each pen. So far I have completed only the bottom level pens... I need to finish the 2nd level pens too, but I will only be back on tuesday.

Spleef arena = totally agreed!

Claus · Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:44 am

Maruchan, I really like your home! Thanks for the SS, I can't log in at the moment.

Also, maybe you have had your hunger question answered, but the server is on Normal difficulty. This means that, when hungry, you will lose hearts until you have only 5 hearts left. You wont lose more health than that, so you cant die of hunger.

Claus · Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:18 pm

Hey Maruchan,

The barn is supposed to be 2 stories high: 8 rooms x 2 stories = 16 rooms, one for each possible wool color.

Claus · Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:20 pm

In post 1844, UltimaAvalon wrote:As my last official duty, the first post has been edited with current server information

Amazing, UA! Thanks!

Claus · Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:25 pm

Added Tanstalas, Scalebanes and iceflamer to the whitelist. Let me know if anyone else needs adding!

Claus · Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:09 pm

* About the wall - we could build an outer ring to accommodate more people instead of removing and extending the wall. I think that would be totally awesome. (That´s how medieval towns evolved and stuff)
* About mobs getting in - Endermen can teleport. So if you see an endermen inside the wall, it won´t mean the wall has a hole in it.
* I´m kinda against tearing down the NPC houses. I´m okay with removing the NPC farms, we we build more somewhere else. Also, I think we can release the NPC from their cages, since we have a wall to contain them in!
* I will whitelist BV and scope as soon as I finish moving this week´s backups from the server to my personal computer (give me 20 minutes or so)

Claus · Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:12 pm

Oh, about the town barn... I think we can probably leave it as 1 story then, and leave the cows/pigs/sheep in. Mooshrooms are totally awesome. Did you know you can milk them for mushroom soup with a wooden bowl?

I´ll try to re-build the 16-pen sheep barn in a place away from the town, so it doesn´t affect server performance

I´ll let you know when finished!

Claus · Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:18 pm

Whitelisted Kalaydowscoop and BV310 - Also, I have updated the main map. It is now a cropped version focusing only on the city itself. The whole world map is 10Mb large. If you want it, just add a ¨-big¨ on the end of the filename (before the file extension).

Claus · Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:51 pm

Oh yay, the official thread is back!

Claus · Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:08 pm

Well, just please skip the "minecraft sucks" brouhaha in the beginning, k?

Claus · Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:44 pm

Yeah, people need to differentiate between slow downs (low FPS/freezes) and lag (when you break a block and it reappears, mobs not responding to attacks, etc). They are two different issues - the first depends on your machine, the second on the server's machine/the connection between you and the server.

Claus · Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:56 am

So, besides Maze I inside spawnville, I have added prizes to Maze II (by Xalxe, in Skytown) and Maze III (by izakthegoomba).

Maze III is REALLY hard, then I made the prize worth it. But don't go mad!

Claus · Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:35 pm

In post 1955, theplague42 wrote:Hey, somebody should whitelist me please!

username?

Claus · Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:02 pm

There you go!

Claus · Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:26 am

In post 2045, theplague42 wrote:It still says I'm not whitelisted

Sorry about that, you informed me your username after I went on a work trip (Im back btw). You are whitelisted as of this post!

(all future players, PLEASE don't write a post just saying "please whitelist me". Include your freaking username in the post! I have no way to read your mind and know your username on minecraft is the same as it is on mafiascum)

Claus · Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:31 am

In post 2098, Knight of Cydonia wrote:Two questions:
Who runs the server now
and can I have a whitelist for Kid_A again please

(also knowing the IP would be useful)

There are two servers, MME's and Maruchan's

I'm an admin on MME's server, you have beem whitelisted. IP address is on the first post of the thread (UA was kind to update it)

Cheers!

Claus · Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:39 am

In post 2111, Xalxe wrote:Claus, is there a way to temporarily lift the protection on spawn so that I can fix the house that SOMEBODY blew up?

Ok, i lied, I'm not back yet, I'm on the airport waiting for my flight... I checked the options in the server website, and i can't find the option to remove the protection from the spawn zone.... I think I have to directly mess with the config files, and I won't be able to do that now. Give me 20 hours to go back home and I'll fix the spawn myself then (and spam a lot more torches).

As for the zombies attacking the town, is this because of zombie raids? A solution would be to slaughter the testificates (I think). That said, zombies are not as bad as creepers, so meh

Oh thans for the pictures!!

Claus · Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:37 am

In post 2125, chesskid3 wrote:hey claus

please whitelist LofuTofu?

Spawn fixed, added a few more torches, also added lofutofu to whitelist

Claus · Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:33 pm

In post 2200, Om of the Nom wrote:izak spawned above the bedrock layer in the nether. The fact that he can build up there gave me an idea.

Claus, can you creative mode yourself so we can destroy a little hole in the bedrock layer above the nether?

Rhinox, Fishy, thanks for the brave rescue of Izak! My new time zone makes me on only when everyone else is asleep... Anyway, tonight I will creative mode a stairwell from the town portal in the nether to the upper bedrock layer. Feel free to prettify it later! Or let me know if you want it in another location (give me the nether x,z coords)

In post 2223, izakthegoomba wrote:Uh, does anyone know the seed for our world? The debug screen says 0, but I know it's something different.

I'm pretty sure it is in this thread. I remember suggesting a number of different seeds. If I'm not mistaken, it is numbat. Also, I can give you a backup of the world save if you want.

Also, now that Bukkit is part of Mojang and releasing almost simultaneous candidate releases, I am planning to mess around with bukkit on our server either today, tomorrow, or this sunday (depending on how much free time I get). Maru, or anyone who has bukkit experience, can suggest a good tutorial? Also, if you have any mod suggestions, let me know -- just be aware that I prefer the server to be as vanilla as possible - I probably will only install admin mods (for allowing better logging, /sethome, mapping, etc), nothing that changes the gameplay itself.

Cheers!

Claus · Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:13 pm

In post 2237, Maruchan wrote:
In post 2228, Claus wrote:Also, now that Bukkit is part of Mojang and releasing almost simultaneous candidate releases

lol.

They still don't even have a 1.2.3 Recommend and 1.2.4 is out.

Beta 0.2 the End is broken and kicks you from the server then throws you in the void if you try to go in it.

But isn't that Daddy's cheese fault, and not bukkit's? I think bukkit has released a RC for 1.2.3 for some days now, no?

Claus · Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:15 pm

Also, I have updated the server, have fun with the new wooden blocks!

Claus · Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:38 am

Thanks Maru!

Nah, the default minecraft texture rocks!

By the way, Jeb said he "made cats more annoying". Anyone knows what this refers to?

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:59 am

Awesome

I'll be updating this once a day. Have fun!

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:12 am

I'm on, can you get online now?

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:16 am

aw ... maybe another night then

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:17 am

Izak, can you get online for a sec? (or anyone else)

nevermind

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:49 am

Ok. So xalxeii asked me to give him "teleport" powers so that he could overview the race he is setting up this saturday. While checking out the Minecraft Control Panel, I found a way to give teleport powers to everyone (as in, teleport to other players, not teleport anywhere, vanilla MC does not support that).

So, I don't have anything against allowing anyone to teleport to anyone else. It might be an adequate substitute for /home until bukkit gets ready. So if no one has any serious objections to this, I will leave the command on. Opinions are welcome.

Notes:
0- To teleport to another player, type "#tep name of the player"
1- This command will be disabled for Xalxeii's race on the 31st (and other similar events)
2- Be considerate: if someone asks you NOT to teleport to them, for any reason, do not do so. I can check teleport use on the logs.

Cheers!

Claus · Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:31 am

Maru: check the "commands" windows in the Minecraft control panel from daddycheese - you can set up a custom command using the "builtin:tp", and let it be used by all users (level guest or above)

Claus · Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:01 am

Well, instead of taking it down, you can "make it a ruin", and build the open pen somewhere else.

Claus · Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:24 am

Ok. Om of the Nom, you need to start acting like an adult or I'm gonna kick you from the server. Seriously. I'm tired of hearing you cursing and shouting at other players like that. Don't think I don't read the logs.

Also, for the record, that island is not yours. Tanstalas built there way before you joined the server. You got no claim to it, and if anyone decides to build there, as long as they don't mess with your buildings, that's totally fine with me.

"claims" to land are gentlemen agreements, and they are upheld by mutual respect, not abuse.

Claus · Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:33 am

There you go. Everything belongs to Chevre.

Claus · Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:49 am

Well, the rule is very simple (for anyone who is interested): If you start or retaliate to PvP, I don't want to hear about it. Complains in thread will simply result in a ban of all involved.

If someone kills you, and you don't like it: don't retaliate, ask them to stop. If they don't, log off, and send me a PM.

Claus · Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:45 pm

Hey Guys,

In post 2438, Maruchan wrote:CraftBukkit Recommend Build 1.2.4-R1 (Build 2126) Released today. I will wait till all of out plugins have updated to this new Release Build (likely 1-2 weeks, more likely 1 week than 2), the new will update to 1.2.4

In post 2453, Maruchan wrote:@MME: I would usggest CraftBukkit now, along with this plugin:

http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/essentials/

when you download it it has a BUNCH of .jars, the only one I think you'll need/want is essentials.jar. It is drag/droppable with a basic default configuration setup that I think you'll like.

If you ever install any other plugin as well however, you'll want GroupManager.

Thanks for the heads up, Maru, I will take a look at it, probably Sunday or Friday!

In post 2460, Maruchan wrote:You have to open a ticket and request custom JAR access.

then you put it in the jar folfer and name it the same as oen of the other two jars.

Hmm, yeah, I'm not sure that I can open a ticket, I'll bugger MME about it on twitter.

In post 2513, Xalxe wrote:Claus, the #tep function is potentially borked.

I think I solved this online with you, but I had made a tepx function just for you, did you check the pm?

In post 2516, Maruchan wrote:Without Bukkit and Permissions, there is no way to limit JUST you to being able to use it.

It is not possible to restrict xalxe to using the command, but it is possible to build a command that just teleport Xalxe around, and no one else. For the purpose of the race, that was good enough, which is what I did

In post 2540, JDGA wrote:>Still not whitelisted

Well, if I ISO you in this thread, you never posted before. Anyway, whitelisted now.

In post 2555, Xalxe wrote:Okay, who went on a fuckin' ocean voyage again? The map has a giant path of unnecessary ocean again.

I think that was my fault, I might have borked the map script. I'll fix it Friday or Sunday.

In post 2565, chesskid3 wrote:sure
but that was part of my point
the one we have is a decent xp farm and an amazing bone and arrow farm

I agree: just don't afk on it for TOOOOOO long, I have caught the server on 99% CPU use a few times. It would be useful if there was a bukkit plugin for autokicking a player after x hours of inactivity.

Cheers all!

Claus · Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:02 am

I'm not even sure yet if I will do that, just tossing ideas around.

Claus · Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:54 am

Meh, I think it would be nice to have maru's server in the first post -- choice is good (vanilla or heavily modded?)

That said, UA is the only one who can actually change that post.

Claus · Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:55 pm

Server restarted to 1.2.5

Claus · Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:10 pm

Thanks for the props on the MSTA

I actually think the spawncity, as a whole, is pretty epic. UT's place (too bad he hasn't been around in a long while) and fishy's floating castle too..

There are also some pyramids that can be seen inside forests, -- I haven't been to those, but they seem pretty cool. And props to the creeper church.

That said, if we want to do megabuildings, there are still plenty of nice spots north of the town/UTs place. I've been kinda slacking off in my island resort, but there is a large holiday coming up next month, and I hope I can pick up the pace ^^

Claus · Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:56 am

Hmmm, I personally prefer to leave constructions from previous players alone -- server history and stuff

. Unless it is just something like a dirt hut or a tard tower, of course. One thing would be to build "around" those structures -- that sounds cool.

Claus · Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:52 pm

In post 2710, izakthegoomba wrote:Even Mordor?

Meh, I've seen much worse. In general I think it is better to build new things than to destroy old ones.

In post 2712, Packbat wrote:Oh, hey, question: what's that teleport thing y'all do sometimes? A server mod?

Not exactly a mod, more like a server-side script provided by our host.

In post 2723, izakthegoomba wrote:I killed the dragon a while ago, but IDK if Claus reset it or not. I suggest you stick your stuff in a chest, portal in, and jump into the void.

I haven't reset yet. I've promised myself to fix the sea leg map and put Maru's map online this weekend, so I might as well fix that too.

Also, I'm really sorry Izak, but the chance of me participating in the battle royale has dropped a bit -- there will be a welcome party for the new students sunday morning, so I'm not sure I can afford to stay up 3am+

damn my weird timezone.

Claus · Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:53 pm

BTW, I have never asked, who built the AWESOME ruined tower in town?

Claus · Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:27 am

In post 2730, Xalxe wrote:
In post 2729, Claus wrote:BTW, I have never asked, who built the AWESOME ruined tower in town?

The one on fire? That is not awesome, that was kiwi's eyesore I was talking about.

I Don't think it is on fire, I'm talking about the one that has a ruined look on the inside.

Claus · Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:14 am

Pizzadudes and Blake added to the whitelist.

Izak, 5 people is actually pretty good -- the first time I ran a building contest only like 2 or 3 people participated.

Claus · Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:49 pm

In post 2873, JDGA wrote:Okay, so I found the exit (and there's nothing in the chest btw)

Someone must have taken more than their share. It seems that it was too much to expect people to behave maturely

I think from now on I'll just leave passwords at the end of mazes and give the prizes directly to avoid this. that sucks. (contact me when I'm online/on the chat)

Claus · Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:03 pm

In post 2875, Xalxe wrote:No, I don't think you ever put a prize at the end of Maze 4.

I didn't put a prize in Maze 4--- I actually don't remember being told about maze 4, did you send me a PM? sorry about that

Claus · Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:08 pm

In post 2880, chesskid3 wrote:And I apologized, and I have not fucked with any of your shit since.

This makes a big difference in my book. If someone gets creepered/or breaks something by accident and posts in the thread, I'm more than happy to creative it up and help repair what they've done.

Claus · Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:48 pm

Guys, I will shutdown the server from around 2pm to 4pm GTM for some maintenance tonight.

Cheers!

Claus · Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:30 am

Server is back up. For some weird reason DaddyCheese's FTP is not accepting gobbling, and the "restore backup" command only overwrites the save, it does not delete the previous save, which could cause a REALLY big mess

So I can't delete the old .mcr files to reduce the file size, and our map will still have that ugly sea leg. I tried to open a ticket, but I don't actually have an account with daddycheese itself, so I'll have to ask MME to do it.

On the bright side, I have reset the end. Have fun killing the dragon again.

Claus · Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:01 pm

Maru: With the yellow stripes, I prefer the blacktop.
without the yellow stripes, I think the brick road looks better.

Claus · Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:30 pm

In post 3370, Chevre wrote:OK, if Pizzadudes says it's OK then Empress Chevre grants Conflictt citizenship!

If Empress Chevre decided to grant Conflictt citizenship, I'm happy to oblige!

(added to whitelist, thanks pizzadudes for encouraging him to join the thread as well)

Claus · Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:56 pm

Okay, I understand the beans and the block, but why do you need sugarcane for your sheep farm??? Just curious

Claus · Thu May 10, 2012 5:39 pm

So, Chesskid, Lofutofu and Om of the nom removed from the whitelist until they cool their heads a bit. Do you guys still want me to remove #TEP?

Meh, I haven't had the time to login and play MC for a solid month

much less figure out how to mess with bukkit plugins.

Claus · Thu May 10, 2012 5:46 pm

So, Maru, to get essentials installed on the server, besides using the bukkit jar, do I just need to upload the essential jars, or do I need to open a ticket with daddycheese? I don't think MME gave me the ability to open tickets, I will double check with him

Claus · Thu May 10, 2012 6:02 pm

Ok, installed essentials

I will mess with it later, because I'm at work right now. Suggestions for configurations are welcome.

Claus · Thu May 10, 2012 6:03 pm

I didn't realize that you needed to "save configurations" in the server config page, and not simply choose the bukkit server and restart the server... duh!

Claus · Sun May 20, 2012 2:59 pm

Hey guys, sorry for the delay. Away for the weekend preparing for the eclipse

Korlash!!! wooo!

added!

Chesskid and Omn - added you guys back. As xalxe suggested, any more drama on your part, and next ban will be for good.

See ya!

Claus · Sun May 20, 2012 3:14 pm

Yup, the three of you are in the same boat

Claus · Sun May 20, 2012 3:55 pm

Done and done, welcome! And don't worry about being bad, we don't have any wizards in the game!

Claus · Mon May 21, 2012 3:16 pm

So, the server is back up.... i wonder if bukkit + all the mob grinders is putting too much load on the server.

If you guys could add those wonderful, wonderful redstone lights to your grinders, and keep them lit when not using them, that might reduce the chance of the server crashing in a ball of flame!

Claus · Mon May 21, 2012 3:59 pm

To be honest, chesskid, I have no idea why the server crashed. Sometimes the server will complain about "running out of memory"... it did that once or twice before bukkit, and now it seems to be doing that all the time, so I THINK the mob spawners might be the reason.

Does anyone else have big mobspawners around? I think there is one that is kinda abandoned in the swamp between town and my island.

Xalxe: I've considered it. Bukkit messes up with the nether folder, so it takes a tiny bit of work, so I won't do it right now... let me play a little bit more with it first.

Claus · Mon May 21, 2012 4:17 pm

If your screen is freezing, then it sounds clientside. the client and the server just exchange block data among them.

Claus · Mon May 21, 2012 5:58 pm

I remember that time, but that was pre-bukkit, right? or did it crash again after that?

Claus · Mon May 21, 2012 6:21 pm

Hey Dram!

What kind of gamer are you? Once I described minecraft for a friend, and he said "sounds boring". Other people love it. It is mostly a creative game. If you like building stuff and exploring as much or more as badassly stomping enemies to the ground, I think you're gonna enjoy it.

Claus · Tue May 22, 2012 5:23 pm

In post 4018, izakthegoomba wrote:Meh, I'm not a fan of lava blades anyway. If I had it my way, I'd use a fall damage grinder.

Hmm, I like fall damage grinders just because I like watching creepers go SPLAT

Also, I'm not sure it is the blaze farm that is causing the lag: since it is in the nether, I think its chunks are kept unloaded most of the time. Anyway if people go AFK near the blaze farm, please be nice enough to not do it for long periods.

Claus · Wed May 23, 2012 5:48 pm

Bewaaare, the bow stealers! mwahahah

In post 4060, Isa wrote:
edit: lol, remembered that my graphics settings were put at minimum, nevermind
Still whitelist plz
"IsaInterguild"

Also, added.

Claus · Wed May 23, 2012 6:21 pm

Maru de-whitelisted until Monday. Don't kill other people without their permission.

Also, if you have a problem with how another player behaves, please bring it to me through PM. No need to shit the thread over it.

Claus · Wed May 23, 2012 6:32 pm

Taking this to PMs.

Claus · Wed May 23, 2012 6:36 pm

About the lag, (this is something thread worthy, IMO), we can do one of three things:
- Remove Essentials/Bukkit : We lose /tpa and /home, but we were having no lag problems before installing bukkit, so this MIGHT solve the problem
OR one or more of the below
- People moving all/some farms away from spawn - we could set a policy of "No Farms whithin 500 blocks of 0,0".
- Configure Essentials to automatically kick anyone who AFKs for more than, say 15 minutes, 30 minutes?

Suggestions are welcome.

Claus · Wed May 23, 2012 6:52 pm

Thanks for the pointer, Maru.

In post 4085, Maruchan wrote:
The only problem with this claus, chesskid has already predicted your interference, and has engineered a self-rotating slide to keep him in perpetual motion so the server will never truly register him as afk.

Well if we go the AFK-kick route, the self-rotating slide will have to go.

So does anyone has any arguents against the "x minutes AFK = kick" rule? Take into account our server is small, and is suffering from overload from the mob grinders.

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 3:54 pm

Hey guys, exciting past few hours. The Serial Killer (Chesskid) targeted the server night one, which was also targeted by the doctor (backup script), so nothing changed. I guess the voting stage for this day will proceed quite quickly

Most recent backup was about 6 hours ago, give me some time to upload it.

Maru, I want to apologize to you for the last ban (which is undone), and not listening to you. That said, the rule (kill = ban) is still in place.
As for the other host, the person who is actually paying for this server is MME, so I need to talk to him about moving hosts, but he is kinda hard to reach recently.

TBQH, I'd love to actually have a server I could SSH to.... :-/

Let's hold the "how to reduce server lag" discussion to find out if the gunpowder farm was actually the reason for most of the lag or not.

Haschel, welcome to the server!

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 3:56 pm

BTW, I'm not sure if you are following Minecraft development news, but the new addition to the game are enderchests, which allows the same items to be obtained from any ender chest in the world.

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 5:43 pm

So, due to popular demand, the server is now in APOCALYPSE MODE!

Everyone creative, no rules.

The 6hour ago backup is perfectly fine, I was just failing at restore

Server will be restored to lunacy when I get back from work (about 8 hours from now).

Have fun!

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 6:31 pm

theplague: the server is still on creative mode for the rest of the day -- feel free to join in!

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 6:57 pm

I honestly read "Koala", lol

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 9:08 pm

Yes, you have to ask people before doing PvP. When in doubt, assume other people are not interested in PvP.

Of course, be reasonable -- you will not get in trouble for one swing of a sword. But I would like people to err on the side of caution.

Claus · Thu May 24, 2012 9:55 pm

Yeah. Also can still be used for exploring/spelunking.

Don't forget that writable books are also in the pipeline for the next version!

Claus · Fri May 25, 2012 1:11 am

yup, world is back to normal now

, and nothing of value was lost.

Claus · Fri May 25, 2012 1:57 am

whups... fixed creative - set server to creative for apocalypse and forgot to set it back

Let me know if anyone is still on creative by mistake.

Claus · Fri May 25, 2012 2:08 am

Hum, some people don't know that we have a daily map: if you don't know where to build, check here:

http://conclave.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/MS-MC

Cheers

Claus · Fri May 25, 2012 3:29 am

Are you still around? I can fix that for you

Claus · Fri May 25, 2012 12:34 pm

In post 4283, Maruchan wrote:sigh. om claims anything remotely cool, and then builds 5 million things. I was going to take over that island. -.-

Om "claimed" the tundra island, and look how developed it is now

As izak said, claims mean nothing -- buildings do.

Claus · Sat May 26, 2012 12:28 am

The map is updated once a day... I could manually update it, but I thought it kinda cool to see the destruction with the diamond house in the middle

Claus · Sat May 26, 2012 12:31 am

In post 4314, Om of the Nom wrote:Anyway, I have already started construction on Desert Island, and construction on Taiga island will resume once the lag problem is fixed.

No, let me introduce you to this very interesting concept: Sharing.

Pick one: the taiga island, or the desert one, and let someone else build on the other.

Claus · Sat May 26, 2012 6:57 am

Hey guys!

http://imgur.com/a/ow2wl#0

Today I took the time to take a few screenshots of the server. If you haven't played in a while, feel free to check how things are progressing

Also, not everything is in these screenshots. Make sure to come in and check for yourself!

Claus · Sat May 26, 2012 12:47 pm

nicholas 1024 added to the whitelist, welcome!

Claus · Sun May 27, 2012 1:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 9Iin8KRk9g

Not a BUD, just a clockless cobblestone generator I found on reddit. I never managed to make a clocked one that didn't "choke" from time to time.

Claus · Sun May 27, 2012 1:50 pm

Thanks Xalxe! It took longer than I expected to prepare that!

BTW
http://imgur.com/a/SApq1

Here is a great idea on how to use ender chests + book and quills that are coming in the next version -- in-game messagingd/delivery system!

Claus · Sun May 27, 2012 9:05 pm

True, but an actual, object-like mail feels a bit more "real", if that makes any sense from the inside of a game

Claus · Mon May 28, 2012 12:37 am

Well, Xalxexii, I like it Vanilla as you do, but to be honest, I usually make it an exception to teleportation functions.

That said, instead of just boring default warps, I had a much more interesting idea when going back home today... It is time for

The Warp Contest!

The idea is pretty simple: This is a building contest. Your goal is to build a warp platform!

I will choose the three best warp platforms, and make them actual warp points. The best platforms will be judge on construction, the place where the warp platform is built, and distance from the other chosen warps, in order of priority.

You may enter this contest in groups, and you may submit more than one entry. In other words: if more than one person want to build a warp in town, you might consider collaborating (or you can compete, both are fine to me

).

The deadline for the contest is one week from this post. Get your creative juices flowing!

Claus · Mon May 28, 2012 11:55 am

In post 4409, Om of the Nom wrote:Yeah, nether portals don't work well.
I can't get to my desert island from the nether, because the portal is too close to another one.

You're doing it wrong. It has to be REALLY close for it not to work.

Make a portal on the desert island, then go to the nether and make another portal at x/8, y/8, and it will work.

In post 4413, izakthegoomba wrote:
Claus, I'm making a public mineshaft later. Would that be warp-worthy? (bear in mind it will near or in town, but at bedrock level)

Go for it!

In post 4415, izakthegoomba wrote:...are there any really important places other than Vanilla Town and Skytown?

To be quite honest, it would be nice to have a portal in a more exotic location. The previous server had a really cool warp to a floating island in the middle of the ocean - you couldn't really build anything there, but it was good looking.

Claus · Mon May 28, 2012 12:53 pm

I'm really hard on time, depending on the weekend, I might be able, but cant promise.

Claus · Mon May 28, 2012 2:49 pm

In post 4462, izakthegoomba wrote:Andrius, we're doing the enderdragon run on saturday. Join us!

Do you guys need me to reset The End? or are you doing a "zero-to-enderdragon" run on another server?

Claus · Mon May 28, 2012 3:28 pm

In post 4467, izakthegoomba wrote:We're using a new world and trying to complete the game in one go.

That sounds really awesome. Are X-ray packs forbidden? Also, I think you probably won't need to check with MC-edit, three strongholds are guaranteed to exist within 1000 blocks from 0,0.

izak wrote:
But speaking of the End is there any chance we could stop resetting it at some point in the future? Enderman xp farms can have about 5 times the yield of blaze farms, but I don't want my work to get wiped out.

I actually only reset it when people ask me to.

BTW, have we found all three strongholds in the MS server? Or only two of them?

Claus · Tue May 29, 2012 4:17 am

What??? I'm talking about overworld strongholds

Claus · Tue May 29, 2012 7:37 pm

So, two things:

1- I made Izak and Xalxe ops in the server. Beware.

2- I don't really like the ability to "/back" after death - defeats the whole purpose of a "survival" server. Don't get too attached to that command, for it may go away soon.

EDIT: yeah, /back on death removed. /back on teleport should still be working.

Play safely, kids!

Claus · Wed May 30, 2012 4:17 pm

In post 4543, Maruchan wrote:
my server wrote:I am merely going to (for the first time in MONTHS) actually PLAY minecraft. I look forward to it.

I feel ya bro!

In post 4547, Korlash wrote:Every great town needs a shop to buy and sell things and I want to be the one to run it! We don't already have one, right?

Awesome idea!

In post 4549, Xalxe wrote:Related to the shop, when 1.3 comes out I will probably abuse my new powarz to spawn some villagers in a building for a trading center.

To be quite honest, I think it would be rather fun to have the players collaborate and transform one of the existing NPC villages, vanilla-style, than magically making a shop appear in town.

Cheers,

Claus · Thu May 31, 2012 12:44 am

Uhhh you guys are taking this "shop" business too seriously. I strongly advise against it. Build shop buildings if you want, but don't expect any kind of trade to be officially enforced.

Izak - bringing testificates to town (or a conveniently placed prison) through train lines seems like a great idea for a project

Claus · Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:22 am

www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft is a good source. Or just follow Mojang's blog.

Claus · Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:20 am

Also, XP accumulation will be linear, and not quasi-exponential as it is now. (this means it will be MUCH faster to reach high levels)

Claus · Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:00 pm

It would be really cool if there was an "observer mode", so that dead people could at least see what the others are doing

Claus · Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:22 am

Hmmm, I don't think being AFK has any in-game effect (can anyone check?). But I set up the server so that it will kick people if they stay AFK for 30 minutes.

Claus · Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:25 am

So, just to remind everyone, tomorrow is the deadline for the WARP CONTEST.

You have 24 more hours (give or take) to make candidate warp platforms for the server. PM me the coordinate of your platforms. I will choose 3, based on construction, location, and distance from the other platforms, and make them actual warp points in the server!

PM me your candidates. Cheers!

Claus · Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:53 pm

In post 4710, Maruchan wrote:I can copy over stuff from the MS Server as well.

Sure, ping me when I'm at home and I will send you the latest backup.

Claus · Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:17 pm

Just so you guys know, I have seen the warps yesterday -- but I got into minecraft kinda late, and I was a bit too sleepy to actually make a decision.... will work on it tonight! Cheers.

Claus · Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:51 am

Hey Folks!

I have decided on the Winners of the WARP contest!

I got a bunch of submissions from izak, omnom, and UT (and a submission from korlash that met an untimely end in the hands of a creeper). In the end, I decided on 4 winners:

- spawntown warp: By Omnom -- a platform floating high over the ground. I really loved the idea of having and aerial view of the whole town
- skytown warp: By Izak -- another very frequented area of the server, I hope the portal will promote development of skytown
- junglefrontier: by UT -- I really liked the design and the position of this warp
- distantland: by Izak -- Izak found a really sweet spot with an amazing landscape, far, far from spawn. We should do some sort of collaborative project here, like a huge common villa or something.

Thanks everyone for playing! And each participant will also get a stack of chiseled stone!

Claus · Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:03 am

Mikehart added! Welcome to the server!

Claus · Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:16 pm

Go go skytown landroute! Caravans for the win

Claus · Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:19 pm

If you move it higher, maybe you should make the outer part of the floor glass, so that people can still see the town.

Claus · Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:47 pm

Hey Guys, I'm transfering servers at the moment. please hold tight!!!

Claus · Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:48 pm

NEW SERVER ADDRESS:

ms.seion.us:25565

(MME, give us a week to check the new server for latency and stuff, please?

)

Claus · Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:57 pm

http://ms.seion.us:8321/

dynmap, have fun! (will still keep the pretty daily map around)

Claus · Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:32 pm

Now I'm realy not sure if I should be regretting or proud of my op choices O.o

Claus · Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:58 pm

Well, you gotta love a good easter egg when you see one ^^

Claus · Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:09 pm

On Vanilla minecraft, monsters de-spawn based on how long they have been inactive, and their distance from the player. Dig around the wiki and you will find the actual formula.

PE might have different rules, though.

Actually, I don't think that they de-spawn when the chunk is unloaded - they are removed from memory, but saved with the chunk (don't quote me on that though).

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